How did the song come about?

I was in the studio recording, over at the Interscope Studios, No Excuses, and then my A&R Manny introduced me to Kendrick for the first time. Kendrick came in there, of course, it’s Kendrick Lamar, I’m like, “Damn, I’m in here with Kendrick, it’s just crazy.” So he asked me to play some music for him, so I played two records that I had been recording off of my album. I had just recorded “New Freezer” recently though. So I had recorded that so I’m like, let me play him “For the Birds,” another record I did, and then I played him “New Freezer.” Right when he heard it, he was like, “Yo, like who else on this song?” It’s just me. He’s like, “Yo I gotta get on this one! This shit’s dumb. This goes crazy.”

How did Rich The Kid feel after hearing Kendrick's verse for the first time?

It was shocking, really, it was really shocking just to hear Kendrick on a song with me. It was just, first of all like, woah is this real? Damn… crazy… you know what I’m sayin'? Kendrick Lamar. And then like the song altogether is just like a crazy smash song, like, so it’s like… it feels like magic. It was just meant to be.

What was the inspiration behind this song?

I was recording at Quad Studios in New York in a session with Ferg. You know, he was recording some shit in there. He left and went to another session, real quick. I kept on recording. One of his producers pulled up a beat and instantly when I heard it, I just said “New freezer.” I was like, “New freezer! New bitch wanna fuck on my AP!” Because I had the AP on. I just went in there and recorded it.

How long did it take Rich to make this song?

How did Ferg and MadeinTYO end up on the original version of this song?

I left the studio. Ferg hit me up the next day. “Boom, let’s work again.” So I pulled up again to the studio. We cooking up. His producer was like, “Yo. Play that song you recorded last night. That freezer joint.“ I played it. Ferg was like, “I’m gonna put a verse on there.” So Ferg put a verse on it. At that time, he was recording with MadeinTYO. MadeinTYO was already there. So MadeinTYO was like, “Shit. I’ll hop on there too.” So I just let them hop on there. That’s how the first original song came.

What did Rich think of Kendrick's verse?

When I heard the verse, I was tripping out. Because this is a whole different type of Kendrick on this song. Like, he going apeshit. On some whole different type shit. I was like, “This is some life changing-shit.” I was ecstatic. I was happy.